The unfair discrimination against pitbulls

A pit bull named Sergeant Stubby won 13 decorations for his service in the trenches of the First World War. Where pit bulls were once ubiquitous in American pop culture, they are now ubiquitous in actuality. Pitbull discrimination, breed bans, breed restrictions, and ultimately, sadly, breed extermination.

The Color of Child Welfare. Their bodies were presented as evidence that they were closer to baser animals like apes.

Attorney Steve Wise, quoted by Dickey, put it bluntly: Once, apes were seen as contiguous to Africans and other non-white people, hence the placement of the orangutan next to Ota Benga. To her credit, Dickey does not take the easy way out by concluding her book with details on happy pit bull owners.

Breed-specific laws are also costly and difficult to enforce. My family rescued a dog we believe to be a pit bull, at least partially, in the spring of But apes are now anthropomorphized, and many would rather have seen the child die than the gorilla.

Their genetic disposition does not mean that they are aggressive or prone to attacking other animals, but widely reported attacks from the turn of the century to the late s eventually led to breed-specific legislation against them.

Many of these dogs end up in already over-crowded shelters. According to Mid-American Bully Breed Rescue, a non-profit that takes pit bull breeds out of high-kill animal shelters around the Midwest, there are approximately five million registered pit bulls in the United States today: Instead, the nation mourned.

However, more than U. And it has certainly never kept African American men from being treated as a dangerous breed, in need of locking up. Politicians show pictures of the victims of attacks, dogs and children mostly in their mind. He was shot to death by zookeepers in May when a three-year-old wandered into his enclosure.

Breed-specific laws have a tendency to compromise rather than enhance public safety. The American Pit Bull Terrier actually is one of the highest scoring breeds in temperament testing results, scoring higher than other popular breeds like the Dachshund, Collie, and Cocker Spaniel.

BSL stands in the way of that. While pit bulls were bred to be fighting dogs, like any other dog, pits will likely grow up to be loving, wonderful pets if they are raised in dog-friendly, happy homes.

If a dog has slightly pit bull-y cheeks, can they come? The names circulate in the public consciousness like those of beloved celebrity icons or fallen heroes, or street names evoking particular histories that we might be in danger of forgetting.

Breed-specific legislation BSL is the blanket term for laws that either regulate or ban certain dog breeds in an effort to decrease dog attacks on humans and other animals.

Or do you only discriminate against anything that "has the appearance or characteristics of any Pit Bull type dog?

Hang a yellow ribbon from our car antennae?The War Against Pitbull Discrimination. There is a war going on and the casualties are reaching epic proportions. The war was started to.

Pit Bulls Against Discrimination. K likes. Whether you are an APBT, AmStaff, Staffy, Bull Terrier or any of the other so called dangerous breeds we /5().

Racism and the American Pit Bull. In that case, there was never any question of the parents having charges filed against them for negligence. Instead, the nation mourned. Five alligators were killed in the hunt for the one that had drowned the child.

But no Facebook groups sprang up to pay tribute to the alligators. There are several breeds most commonly discriminated against, known as the “usual suspects.” although anti-breed discrimination activists argue that there are going to be more cases of dog.

Why It Matters That PetSmart Discriminates Against Pit Bulls. In fact discrimination in any way is one of the lowest forms of thinking. Why It Matters That PetSmart Discriminates Against. (DOGS/DOG BREED DISCRIMINATION) Pit bulls have been the target of breed-specific legislation for years despite evidence these laws do not diminish dog attacks.